My first step into Astrophotography - Albireo

[Dann]

Hi Guys

Thanks to a lovely clear evening I managed to have my first go at astrophotography with my DSLR. I thought about having a go at M13 as my first try but decided on Albireo.

This was 59x 30second exposures @ ISO800

27 Darks

15 Flats

I didn't really know if it was worth doing lots of exposures for a target like this but I guessed it couldn't hurt so went for 30 minutes.

An tips or advice gratefully received

Thanks

[26Left]

I can't offer any advice, because I have not tried imaging Albireo. I plan to have a go in the next few weeks, because it is my favourite double. But, I think it's a great image, and the colours have come through beautifully.

[foundaplanet]

Hello Dann,

Nice image.

Albireo is also my first intended target.

I hope my first effort will be as good. You must be very satisfied with it?

Which dslr are you using?

Col

[RogerTheDodger]

You've captured some nice star colour there.

[NGC404]

Very nice image

[Dann]

Thanks guys.

I'm not too sure what I'm doing in regards to processing at the moment, find myself dancing between tutorials trying to pick out bits.

Col: I have a Nikon D40

[foundaplanet]

Col: I have a Nikon D40

Cheers Dann.. Thought I looked in your signature

[todd8137]

hi lovely pics i would be happy to put my name to that pic ,and yes getting to grips with so much stuff cameras sofware and scopes is a lot of fun at times

[johnboy999]

Not that I know anything about photography but

that's a seriously nice picture, thanks , I may use as my desktop

image if you don't mind.

[blinky]

Very nice, they are a lovely pair! I just moved this to the imaging section as it's more appropriate in here.

[ollypenrice]

Welcome! A strong debut and an image with attitude. Crisp, strong, competent. Bravo.

Olly

[Sparrow]

Well done - a lovely first image. Enjoy the hobby and don;t be in a rush - just take your time and enjoy it. When it comes to processing, there's always plenty of help on this forum. Each target tends to need slightly different approaches to processing but many of the steps are the same so you'll soon become familiar with them. Once you've got your raw data you can take as many attempts as you want processing the image until you're happy with it.

Regards

John